Index: lams_common/properties.xml
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diff -u -r0e226fe0306f00d662a784f67b7093e8cb2c8f68 -r3c677ec76c210fd186cc7c4511185b47559a72f5
--- lams_common/properties.xml	(.../properties.xml)	(revision 0e226fe0306f00d662a784f67b7093e8cb2c8f68)
+++ lams_common/properties.xml	(.../properties.xml)	(revision 3c677ec76c210fd186cc7c4511185b47559a72f5)
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
 	<!--  database related properties -->
 	<property name="database.driver.file"          value="${lib}/mysql/mysql-connector-java-3.1.7-bin.jar"/>   
 	<property name="database.driver.classpath"     value="${database.driver.file}"/>
-	<property name="database.driver"               value="org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"/>
-	<property name="database.url"                  value="jdbc:mysql://localhost/lams"/>
+	<property name="database.driver"               value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"/>
+	<property name="database.url"                  value="jdbc:mysql://localhost/lams?characterEncoding=utf8"/>
 	<property name="database.userid"               value="lams"/>
 	<property name="database.password"             value="lamsdemo"/>
 	<property name="database.schema"               value=""/>